Super slope east glades

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Croûtée
• Poudreuse
• Affectée par le vent

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes de faible inclinaison
• Forêt dégagée

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes alpines

La journée était:

• Ensoleillée

Early start with a calm, warm climb up Tryst. Wind picked up at the ridge top and it started to snow lightly (s-1); we could see the predicted storm coming. Went straight to Super Slope after peeking down Tryst chutes (looked good line there were still fresh lines). No evidence of instabilities on the climb.

As we started to hit the clearing we noticed the affect of the wind on the snow. We checked the snowpack (pit) and found layers of wind slabs. Soft snow (4f) about 15cm the “sandwiches” of layers +/- 10cm thick. Non reactive and consistent density (1f). You could “pull” layers apart.

Did a ski cut on first opening. No result but it was wind hammered. Further west was wind scoured and it looked thin. Decided to retreat back to the glades and found much better skiing. About 15-20 on a bit heavier snow but remarkably “light” on the south facing slope. A bit of slugging of the loose snow on the steepest pitches.